Managing a modern economy is still full of mysteries. Is the Fed playing a constructive role? Why is it so controversial? Carroll Perry will discuss important questions related to the […]
Join Scott Jewell, middle school technology engineering teacher, lover of history and board of trustee member who will do an enthusiastic talk and presentation on the role that Ipswich played […]
Speaker: Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian In the commons, the early Massachusetts town adopted English institutions of land management that often predated their own experience in the mother country, reproducing […]
Speaker: Tom Blake Blake presents Christopher Young's classic 1937 movie about the misadventures of the eccentric Dr. Wolfgang Schlitz on holiday at Mt. Washington, considered to be the first American comedy-classic ski movie (Sydney Shurcliffe's 1942 comedy of Dr. Quackenbusch was inspired by this film) Ski America First is a documentary filmed by Sydney Shurcliffe […]
Speaker: Joseph Carlin Throughout 2023 Joe Carlin, food historian and nutritionist, walked the beach photographing and documenting observations Townsend made about his beloved Ipswich in his book, "Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes." Dr. Townsend, Harvard Class of 1881, was a noted Boston obstetrician and child nutrition authority. Members: Free | Non-members: $10
Speaker: John Wigglesworth Join John Wigglesworth to hear the story of his recent trip to the North Pole. He joined the team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on a 2 month research cruise aboard the USCG Cutter Healy. Through pictures, John will share his experience with the science, the ship operations, the ice […]
Speaker: David Scudder The American Dream, in the words of historian James Truslow Adams, is a dream "of a better, richer and happier life for all citizens of every rank." […]
Speaker: Jennifer Hamlin Church Church will read excerpts from her new book and discuss the lively research that went into it .The book is a biography of two people who […]
Featuring: Sheryl Faye, actor Back again by popular demand is Sheryl Faye and this year she has a new presentation: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. This will be terrific. Members: […]